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What is Ecology? |
The study of the relationship between organisms and their environment (both living and nonliving) |
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Organism |
any living thing; it is a member of a particular species e.g. a duck or a pig or a tree |
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Population |
a small group of the same species living a particular habitat; defined geographic location |
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Community |
is a number of different kinds of population living together; a group of interacting populations of two or more different species that live together in the same area (all the living parts) |
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Ecosystem |
is a community of living things interacting with each other and the non-living parts of the environment - the relationship between the biotic and the abiotic |
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Habitat |
the natural home of an organism; the place where an organism lives. |
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Environment |
an organisms surroundings; the place where an organism lives |
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Biotic |
the living parts of an organisms environment |
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Abiotic |
the non-living parts of an organism's environment |
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smallest to largest- terminology |
organism population community ecosystem |
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give some examples of ecosystems |
planet ocean forest log terrarium petri dish |
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What do ecosystems need to be? |
self sustaining |
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What can be measured in an ecosystem? |
Input and output of materials |
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What do abiotic factors determine? (give example) |
The biotic factors that can survive in an environment eg. high rainfall+ high temp. + fertile soil + high sunlight = in a rain forest, lush green follage and lots of insects |
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What's the diff in moving from one ecosystem to another? |
Gradual in the changes of the abiotic conditions eg. hard to find a rain forest right next to a desert |
